PPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of senior accounting officers on governance, performance and accountability issues in the charity sector. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical data presented in this paper were collected via a mail-out survey to Chief...

In the next ten years, society will spend $20 billion U.S. on Microfinance Institutions (MFIs). Previous research on the impact of subsidies suggests that there is little if any consensus on an effective method to measure the impact of subsidies with considerable doubt existing that a financial...

In the next ten years, society will spend $20 billion U.S. on Microfinance Institutions (MFIs). Previous research on the impact of subsidies suggests that there is little if any consensus on an effective method to measure the impact of subsidies with considerable doubt existing that a financial...

Foreword / Celia de Anca and Ignacio de la Torre -- Editors' notes and acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Glossary of common Arabic terms in Islamic economics and finance -- Beyond the crisis : Islamic finance in the new financial order -- Opening round table -- Introduction to Islamic economics...

In June 2010 IE Business School, with King Abdulaziz University, gathered in Madrid some of the world's foremost scholars, academics and practitioners of Islamic Economics and Finance. These highlights of the symposium and original articles specifically address the post-crisis application of...